New publication: Spatial Impact of Wind Farm Construction on Harbor Porpoise Detectability

Ocean Science Consulting is pleased to announce publication of their latest peer-reviewed paper ‘Spatial Impact of Wind Farm Construction on Harbor Porpoise Detectability’, published in The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life. Authors are: Nienke C. F. van Geel, Steven …
OSC announce collaboration with Cornerstone Offshore

Ocean Science Consulting Limited (OSC) is excited to announce a collaboration with Cornerstone Offshore Pte Ltd (COS) to investigate decommissioning projects in South East Asia and explore the impact of offshore structure reefing on marine communities and the environment.
OSC, …
DEFRA release new guidance for visitors to the UK coastline

Really exciting news coming from DEFRA (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) this week, as they release their Marine and coastal wildlife code, a document aimed at helping people act more responsibly when visiting the UK coast.
Our coastlines …
New publication: ‘A framework for a Net Environmental Benefit Analysis Based Comparative Assessment of decommissioning 0ptions for anthropogenic subsea structures: a North Sea case study’.

Ocean Science Consulting Limited (OSC) is excited to announce publication of its latest peer-reviewed paper, ‘A Framework for a Net Environmental Benefit Analysis Based Comparative Assessment of Decommissioning Options for Anthropogenic Subsea Structures: A North Sea Case Study’. This paper …
Marine Strategy Framework Directive – Setting of EU Threshold Values for underwater sound

In November 2022, the European Union (EU) agreed on, and published, new guidance for assessing and limiting impacts of anthropogenic (man-made) underwater noise. The new guidance was put together as part of Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) 2008/56/EC, which seeks …
New publication: ‘Effects of a new offshore gas platform on harbor porpoises in the Dogger Bank’.

Ocean Science Consulting Limited (OSC) is excited to announce the publication of our latest peer-reviewed paper, entitled ‘Effects of a new offshore gas platform on harbor porpoises in the Dogger Bank’. Published in Marine Mammal Science. The work is …
New Publication: Effects of pile driving sound playbacks and cadmium co-exposure on the early life stage development of the Norway lobster

Ocean Science Consulting Limited (OSC) wants to congratulate Craig Stenton, our Acoustician, on publication of his latest paper, ‘Effects of pile driving sound playbacks and cadmium co-exposure on the early life stage development of the Norway lobster, Nephrops norvegicus…
New Publication: Harbour Porpoise distribution modelling techniques

Ocean Science Consulting Limited (OSC) is excited to report the publication of our newest peer-reviewed paper in Ecological Modelling. The paper, titled ‘Comparing distribution of harbour porpoise using generalized additive models and hierarchical Bayesian models with integrated nested laplace …
EFFECTS OF SOUND ON MARINE MAMMALS 2022

Last week OSC’s lead Acoustician, Craig Stenton, virtually enjoyed the Effects of Sound on Marine Mammals 2022 (ESOMM2022) conference in Beaufort, North Carolina.
The conference spanned a week consisting of internationally recognised researchers and collaborators, highlighting the cutting-edge of …
LATEST PUBLICATION: INFLUENCE OF OIL & GAS STRUCTURES ON SEASCAPE ECOLOGICAL CONNECTIVITY

OSC is pleased to announce the release of a new peer-reviewed scientific article, ‘Influence of offshore oil and gas structures on seascape ecological connectivity’, published this week in Global Change Biology. Dr Victoria Todd, OSC’s managing …